Como usar There is e There are
O verbo There to be significa haver ou existir.
1) É usado para indicar que algo existe.
Exemplo:
There is a church near my house.
(Há uma igreja perto da minha casa.)
2) É usado para indicar quantidade.
Exemplo:
There are two dogs under the chair.
(Há dois cães embaixo da cadeira.)
3) É usado para indicar um evento ou atividade.
Exemplo:
There is no class today.
(Não há aula hoje.)
PRESENTE
Forma afirmativa:
Singular: there is (there's)
Plural: there are
Forma negativa:
Singular: there is not (there isn't)
Plural: there are not (there aren't)
Forma interrogativa:
Singular: Is there?
Plural: Are there?
Exemplos no Singular:
Afirmativa:
There is life on Mars.
(Existe vida em Marte.)
Negativa:
There isn't life on Mars.
(Não existe vida em Marte)
Interrogativa:
Is there life on Mars?
(Existe vida em Marte?)
Exemplos no Plural:
Afirmativa:
There are two cats in the garden.
(Há dois gatos no jardim.)
Negativa:
There aren't two cats in the garden.
(Não há dois gatos no jardim.)
Interrogativa:
Are there two cats in the garden?
(Há dois gatos no jardim?)
EXERCÍCIOS
1) Escolha a opção correta: THERE IS ou THERE ARE
a) a bag on the table.
b) a calendar on the wall.
c) four dogs in my house.
d) a banana in this basket.
e) six chairs in the kitchen.
f) lots of books on the shelf.
g) an elephant in the zoo.
h) two cats on the sofa.
i) a book on the chair.
j) five apples in the fridge.
RESPOSTAS
a) THERE IS a bag on the table.
b) THERE IS a calendar on the wall.
c) THERE ARE four dogs in my house.
d) THERE IS a banana in this basket.
e) THERE ARE six chairs in the kitchen.
f) THERE ARE lots of books on the shelf.
g) THERE IS an elephant in the zoo.
h) THERE ARE two cats on the sofa.
i) THERE IS a book on the chair.
j) THERE ARE five apples in the fridge.
